go back

Giving a Vaccine Injection

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 90471

The clinician's work of giving an injected vaccine: checking the patient, preparing and administering the dose, and observing afterwards. It covers the first injected vaccine at a visit, and any further vaccines given the same day are billed separately. The vaccine product itself is charged on its own.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Giving a Vaccine Injection cost?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.98$12.59 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$18.62 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $28Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $25
$10$20$50$100$200facility $19professional $17

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$28.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Vermont than in Kansas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Louisiana· 46th of 51

$18.62

VT $75.86KS $14.13

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.